Sense and Sensibility (1995)

Robert Hardy: Sir John Middleton

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• Margaret : Have you really been to the East Indies, Colonel?

  Colonel Brandon : I have.

  Margaret : What's it like?

  Sir John Middleton : Like? Hot.

  Colonel Brandon : [mysteriously]  The air is full of spices.

• Sir John Middleton : You know what they're saying, of course. Hm? Word is, you've developed a taste for certain company. And why not, say I. A man like you in your prime... she'd be a very fortunate young lady.

  Colonel Brandon : Marianne Dashwood would no more think of me than she would of you, John.

  Sir John Middleton : Brandon, my boy, do not think of yourself so meanly.

  Colonel Brandon : And all the better for her.

• Sir John Middleton : Now, Miss Dashwood, it's your turn to entertain us.

  Elinor Dashwood : Oh no, Sir John, I don't...

  Sir John Middleton : And I believe I know what key you will sing in. "F" major.

• Marianne : Sir John, might I play your pianoforte?

  Sir John Middleton : Yes, yes, of course. My goodness. Yes, we do not stand upon ceremony here, my dear.

• Mrs Jennings : I think I've unearthed a secret.

  Sir John Middleton : Oh, no, have you sniffled one out already, Mother? You're worse than my best pointer Flossie!

• Sir John Middleton : What do you know of Mr Willoughby, Sir John?

  Sir John Middleton : Decent shot and there's not a bolder rider in all England.

  Marianne : But what is he like?

  Sir John Middleton : Like?

  Marianne : What are his tastes? His passions? His pursuits?

  Sir John Middleton : Well, he has the smartest little bitch of a pointer. Was she out with him yesterday?

• Mrs Jennings : What sort of man is he, Miss Dashwood? Is he butcher, baker, candlestick maker? I shall winkle it out of you somehow, you know!

  Sir John Middleton : She's horribly good at winkling.